Background
He was born on 24 May 1960 in Qa"em Shahr, Mazandaran Province. His father Azerbaijani was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari.
He was born on 24 May 1960 in Qa"em Shahr, Mazandaran Province. His father Azerbaijani was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari.
At beginning of football, he was a goalkepper but later he became Midfielder. He was started his career in Nasaji Mazandaran and was in club until his retirement in 1993. Whilst at Nassaji, Dastneshan is famous for scoring 9 goals in 8 consecutive games in one season.
He studied about coaching techniques in Fédération internationale de football association and received a degree by AFC for coaching.
He became assistant coach to Carlo Soldoy, Italian head coach of Iran under-20 national football team in 1997. Iran U-20 became fourth in AFC Asian Cup at that year.
He coached in many Iranian clubs and he is known as a manager that upgrades teams to Division 1 of Iranian football but he doesn"t managed for more than one year in each club